The training, the logistics, the stress, the excitement, and the
actual racing are now all behind us...at least for this year.

Now it's time for some storytelling.

In this episode, Fatty tells Hottie a little bit about his Breck
Epic experience (it matters, because it determined what bike Fatty
rode in Leadville), as well as gives a full-on blow-by-blow of his
21st Leadville 100.

We do away with our normal show structure for this episode --
it's a lot more like one of our bonus episodes, with a couple of
friends talking about a race both of us love.

This is the last "regular" show of the season. Hottie and Fatty
want to thank our listeners for your kind feedback, and we
definitely want to thank the dozens (really!) of you who — before,
during, or after the race — mentioned enjoying the show. We're
really proud of what we created, and it's awesome to have that work
acknowledged. We also want to thank Rebecca Rusch and Jonathan Lee
for their generosity with their time and insight.

If you have an amazing story that would make a great bonus
episode, leave a comment with with the short version of it
here.

Finally, a big thank-you to our sponsors, each of which took a
big gamble on an experiment, and stuck with us through every
episode:

The Feed, which fueled Fatty to and
through this race, including getting me through a very tough spot
at a critical moment.

Shimano, which gave both Fatty and
his wife an utterly flawless, no-maintenance-needed, trouble-free
shifting and braking for seven straight days of mountain bike
racing. XT Di2 is so good it makes Fatty mist up.

ENVE Composites, for bombproof
wheels, bars, and stems. Seven days of mountain bike racing on the
M525 for both Fatty and his wife, with not a single pinch flat.
Perfect, confident riding for the whole week for both of them.

Banjo Brothers,
for sturdy, affordable, great-looking bags that do exactly what
they should. Somewhere out there, there's a rider who DIDN'T have a
Banjo Brothers seat bag whose race didn't end because Fatty
does.

About the Podcast

This is the show for people racing — or just interested in — The Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race. Fatty (a twenty-time LT100 finisher), Hottie, and a host of experts answer your questions, give you training tips, detail the course, and tells the stories about the highest and hardest one-day mountain bike race in America: The Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race.